Upcoming Events
- December 2 – February 26 – Sonoma Artist Erika Schmitt displays her unique small works in paint and collage at the Charles Creek Vineyard Tasting Room & Gallery. Click
here for more info and images.
- December 12 - A
reception for Artist Erika Schmitt with cheeses and – of
course – Charles Creek wines will be held from
5 to 7 PM at the Charles Creek Vineyard Tasting Room & Gallery. Click
here for more info and images.
- December 12 - A
tasting of selected Library wines, available for purchase
in magnum (1.5 liter) format will be held from
4 – 7 PM, overlapping with the Wine & Cheese
Reception for Artist Erika Schmitt (from 5 to
7 PM). For more info click here
- October 2 - November
30, 2008 - Area
Artist Anthony Montanino returns to the Charles Creek
Vineyard Tasting Room & Gallery with new and recent
depictions of Wine Country. Click
here for more information
and images from the show. To visit Anthony Montanio's
web site, click
here.
Past Events
- October 31 & November
1, 2008 - Charles Creek meets Charles Schwab
at the 2008 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Charles
Creek Vineyard will be sampling current vintages
to with pair with offerings from local restaurants
during the annual Wine & Food Festival portion
of this PGA event. The food and wine pairing will
be offered both days from approximately 12:30
to 4:30 PM. Click
here for details and ticket
info.
- August 1 –September 30 - Local Photographer Cathleen
Francisco displays her colorful Polaroid Transfer prints
at the Charles Creek Vineyard Tasting Room and Gallery.
- May 21, 2008 -
Carneros Bistro and Wine Bar, at the Lodge at Sonoma, will be partnering with Charles Creek Vineyard for a sumptuous Winemaker Dinner on Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Winemaker Kerry Damskey and Charles Creek Proprietors Bill & Gerry Brinton will be on hand to discuss the wines as they are artfully paired with the innovative cuisine of Chef Janine Falvo. For reservations, please contact Carneros Bistro at (707) 931-2042
Click here for menu.
- January 15th - March 31, 2008 -
Artist Michael Holland returns to the CCV Tasting Room & Gallery.
Click
here for more details.
- October 6, 2007 -
Guide Dogs for the Blind-Yountville, CA, Vineyard Pavillion
Charles Creek Vineyard is supplying a live auction
lot that includes a luncheon for 12 at the home vineyard
of CCV proprietors Bill and Gerry Brinton, overlooking
Sonoma Valley, pus Magnums of the 2003 Las Pasiones
Cabernet Sauvignon and 2002 Vista del Halcon Russian
River Chardonnay
For details click
here
- October 27-October 28,
2007 - Charles Schwab Cup Championship-Sonoma
National Golf Course
Charles Creek Vineyard will be pouring wines for the
PGA tour Charles Schwab Cup
For details visit: http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/s539/
- September 28-September
30, 2007 - Valley of the Moon Vintage
Festival
Charles Creek Vineyard will be pouring at the Patrons Tasting
the evening of Sept 28 as well as the Plaza celebration
on Sat and Sun.
For more infomation, visit: http://www.sonomavinfest.org
- September 8, 2007 - Sonoma Mountain-Charles
Creek Vineyard hosted its Annual Club Member Appreciation
Day with an afternoon of BBQ and Bocce (and delicious CCV
wines, of course) for the loyal members of Wine Club Tecolote
- July 8, 2005 - Grand Premier of Sonoma Artist Michael Holland’s New Work at The Lodge at Sonoma. Click here for details.
- August 2005 - Listing of Charles Creek Vineyard's tasting room and gallery in The Diablo Guide. Click here to read story.
- August 19th - September 10th - Sonoma Plein Air 2005.
To view pictures from the event click here
- May 17, 2005 - "U.S. court rules wine OK by mail" as featured in Del Rio News-Herald. Click here to read full story.
- May 12, 2005 - Koret Foundation Breast Cancer Benefit
with the first screening of the latest Star Wars film in the
Trilogy from Lucas Films Productions at
Moscone Center, San Francisco. Charles Creek Vineyard is the
exclusive supplier of wines for this event.
- May 5, 2005 - National Coast Guard Foundation Annual
Meeting - Charles Creek Vineyard is the exclusive supplier of
wines for this event.
- April 20, 2005 - Charles Creek Wine Dinner
at Akbars in Los Angeles. Click
here for details or Click here for a PDF, downloadable, printable
version
- February 9, 2005 - Charles Creek Vineyard
wines are featured at Virgin Club Event at SFO. Click here for images.
Press
- December 2008 - Read interview with Bill Brinton on vinikitas - wine view, reviews & interviews
- August 2005 - Click here for listing of Charles Creek Vineyard's tasting room and gallery in The Diablo Guide.
- May 20, 2005 - Click here for "We get 30 to 50 people a day visiting our tasting rooms, Brinton says" as featured in Business Week Online.
- May 17, 2005 - Click here for "McWilliams and Brinton both said that direct shipping to consumers is important business to smaller wineries in Sonoma Valley." as featured in The Sonoma Index-Tribune.
- May 17, 2005 - Click here for "U.S. court rules wine OK by mail" as featured in Del Rio News-Herald.
- May 17, 2005 - Click here for "We turn down a lot of direct wine sales everyday because of these laws," Brinton said." as featured in the Los Angeles Times.
- April 15, 2005 - Click here for Charles Creek Vineyard's tasting room and gallery reviewed by Wine Country This Week.
- March 8, 2005 - Click here for "Charles Creek Vineyard proprietors Bill and Gerry Brinton have opened a brand-new Plaza tasting room and gallery for Charles Creek Vineyard" as featured in The Sonoma Index Tribune.
- January 19, 2005 - Click here for "When you think of winemaking if ever you do, what images come to mind?" as featured in The Dispatch.
- January 14, 2005 - Click here for "Virtual winery pops cork...Can a few people make a winery? Charles Creek thinks so" as featured in San Francisco Business Times.
- January 10, 2005 - Los Angeles Times article
entitled "Winemakers, Growers Fight Over 'Hang
Time'" which featured a quote from Bill Brinton:
"We want the fruit to hang as long as it possibly can,"
said Bill Brinton, owner of Charles Creek Vineyard in Sonoma.
"You get different flavors when you let the grapes hang, and
that seems to be what the public likes."
- December 10, 2004 - Excerpts from an
interview with Bill Brinton in the San Francisco Chronicle
regarding the recent Supreme Court review of national wine
shipping and the freedom of consumers to choose. Click here to see segment.
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